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California Street
	View from the top of California Street Looking towards the financial district with the Bay Bridge in the background
Length	5.22 mi (8.40 km)
Location	San Francisco
Coordinates	37°47′30″N 122°24′42″W / 37.791761°N 122.411739°W
East end	Market Street, Main Street, and Drumm Street
West end	32nd Avenue

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California Street is a major thoroughfare in San Francisco, California. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight 5.2 mi (8.4 km) east–west line from the Financial District to Lincoln Park in the far northwest corner of the city.

Description

California Street begins at the intersection of Market Street, Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center, one block from the Ferry Building, then travels through Chinatown, over Nob Hill, through Lower Pacific Heights, Laurel Heights, and the Lake District. The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the Presidio of San Francisco through the Richmond District until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park.

Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from Van Ness Avenue westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across America, leading out to the highway's western terminus in Lincoln Park.

The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A cable car line runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a trolleybus line runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue.

Landmarks and points of interest

United

TWA

Photo for comparison

Vintage airline posters of San Francisco, featuring cable cars, looking east from approximately the intersection of California and Stockton towards San Francisco Bay and the western span of the Bay Bridge. A 2016 photograph with a similar perspective is included to illustrate the prominence of skyscrapers in the present-day Financial District.

Embarcadero Center
50 California Street
101 California Street
150 California Street
345 California Center (Loews Regency San Francisco)
400 California Street (Bank of California Building)
465 California Street (Merchants Exchange Building)
555 California Street (Bank of America Center)
580 California Street
650 California Street (Hartford Building)
Sing Chong and Sing Fat buildings at Grant and California, in Chinatown
600 Stockton (Ritz Carlton hotel)
905 California Street (Stanford Court Hotel)
800 Powell Street (University Club)
Fairmont Hotel
999 California Street (Mark Hopkins Hotel )
1000 California Street (Pacific-Union Club), the former Flood Mansion
1075 California Street (Huntington Hotel)
1111 California Street (Masonic Auditorium)
Huntington Park
Grace Cathedral
California Pacific Medical Center

In popular culture

Two novels are named for San Francisco's California Street: California Street (1959) by Niven Busch, which documents the rise of a publishing magnate; and California Street (1990) by Donna Levin. Levin's novel is the story of a psychoanalyst searching for a missing woman. Both novels use "California Street" as a metaphor for the milieu in which the stories unfold.

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-'''California Street''' is a major [[thoroughfare]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]].  Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from [[Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)|Van Ness Avenue]] westward to 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the [[Lincoln Highway]], the first road across [[United States|America]], leading out to the highway's western terminus in [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]].
+'''California Street''' is a major [[thoroughfare]] in [[San Francisco]], [[California]]. It is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight {{convert|5.2|mi|abbr=on}} east–west line from the [[Financial District, San Francisco, California|Financial District]] to [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]] in the far northwest corner of the city.
 ==Description==
-California Street is one of the longest streets in San Francisco, and includes a number of important landmarks. It runs in an approximately straight {{convert|5.2|mi|abbr=on}} east-west line from the [[Financial District, San Francisco, California|Financial District]] to [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]] in the far Northwest corner of the City.  It begins at the intersection of [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]] and Spear Street in front of the [[Hyatt Regency]] [[Embarcadero Center]], one block from the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]], then travels over [[Nob Hill]], through [[Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California|Lower Pacific Heights]], Laurel Heights, and the Lake District.  The street makes a slight bend in at the intersection of Cornwall Street and 7th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] through the [[Richmond District, San Francisco, California|Richmond District]] until its dead-end terminus at 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park.  The route has four to six lanes for its entire length, and a [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car line]] on the Eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue.
+California Street begins at the intersection of [[Market Street (San Francisco)|Market Street]], Main Street, and Drumm Street in front of the [[Hyatt Regency San Francisco|Hyatt Regency]] [[Embarcadero Center]], one block from the [[San Francisco Ferry Building|Ferry Building]], then travels through [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]], over [[Nob Hill]], through [[Lower Pacific Heights, San Francisco, California|Lower Pacific Heights]], Laurel Heights, and the Lake District.  The street makes a slight bend at 8th Avenue, then parallels the edge of the [[Presidio of San Francisco]] through the [[Richmond District, San Francisco, California|Richmond District]] until its dead end terminus just west of 32nd Avenue, at Lincoln Park.
+Fifty-four blocks of California Street, from [[Van Ness Avenue (San Francisco)|Van Ness Avenue]] westward to the dead end past 32nd Avenue, comprised the last major leg of the final 1928 alignment of the [[Lincoln Highway]], the first road across [[United States|America]], leading out to the highway's western terminus in [[Lincoln Park (San Francisco)|Lincoln Park]].
+The route has four to six lanes for its entire length. A [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car line]] runs on the eastern portion from Market to Van Ness Avenue and a [[Trolleybuses in San Francisco|trolleybus]] [[1 California (bus line)|line]] runs on the western portion between Steiner and 32nd Avenue.
 == Landmarks and points of interest==
+{{multiple image |total_width=420 |align=right |layout=horizontal |caption_align=center
+ |image1=United San Francisco Poster (19482269271).jpg |caption1=[[United Air Lines|United]]
+ |image2=TWA San Francisco Poster (19451894436).jpg |caption2=[[Trans World Airlines|TWA]]
+ |image3=California Street, San Francisco, United States (Unsplash).jpg |caption3=Photo for comparison
+ |footer=Vintage airline posters of [[San Francisco]], featuring [[San Francisco cable car system|cable cars]], looking east from approximately the intersection of California and [[Stockton Street (San Francisco)|Stockton]] towards [[San Francisco Bay]] and the western span of the [[San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge|Bay Bridge]]. A 2016 photograph with a similar perspective is included to illustrate the prominence of skyscrapers in the present-day [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]].}}
 * [[Embarcadero Center]]
 * [[50 California Street]]
 * [[101 California Street]]
 * [[150 California Street]]
-* [[345 California Center]] ([[Mandarin Oriental Hotel]])
+* [[345 California Center]] ([[Loews Regency San Francisco]])
-* 465 California Street, ([[Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco)]])
+* 400 California Street ([[Bank of California Building (San Francisco)|Bank of California Building]])
+* 465 California Street ([[Merchants Exchange Building (San Francisco)|Merchants Exchange Building]])
 * [[555 California Street]] ([[Bank of America|Bank of America Center]])
 * [[580 California Street]]
 * [[650 California Street]] (Hartford Building)
+*Sing Chong and Sing Fat buildings at [[Grant Avenue|Grant]] and California, in [[Chinatown, San Francisco|Chinatown]]
 * 600 Stockton ([[Ritz Carlton]] hotel)
 * 905 California Street ([[Stanford Court Hotel]])
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 * 1075 California Street ([[Huntington Hotel (San Francisco)|Huntington Hotel]])
 * 1111 California Street ([[Masonic Center (San Francisco)|Masonic Auditorium]])
-* Huntington Park
+* [[Huntington Park (San Francisco)|Huntington Park]]
 * [[Grace Cathedral, San Francisco|Grace Cathedral]]
 * [[California Pacific Medical Center]]
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+== In popular culture ==
+Two novels are named for San Francisco's California Street: ''California Street'' (1959) by [[Niven Busch]], which documents the rise of a publishing magnate; and ''California Street'' (1990) by [[Donna Levin]]. Levin's novel is the story of a psychoanalyst searching for a missing woman. Both novels use "California Street" as a metaphor for the milieu in which the stories unfold.
 ==See also==
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-{{Commons category|California Street, San Francisco|California Street}}
+{{Commons category|California Street (San Francisco)}}
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-* [http://www.dreamworld.org/sfguide/Neighborhoods/MarketStreet Photo tour of Market Street] A photo tour of Market Street complete with narrative text.
-* [http://www.jbmonaco.com/market_st/100.html JB Monaco Market Street Photo Gallery]
-{{Coord|37.791761|-122.411739|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=title}}
+{{Chinatown, San Francisco}}
+{{Nob Hill, San Francisco}}
 {{Streets in San Francisco}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Streets in San Francisco, California]]
+[[Category:Streets in San Francisco]]
-[[Category:History of San Francisco, California]]
+[[Category:History of San Francisco]]
 [[Category:Lincoln Highway]]
 [[Category:Chinatown, San Francisco]]

v t e Nob Hill, San Francisco
Buildings and businesses	450 Sutter Street Bently Nob Hill Fairmont San Francisco Huntington Hotel Mark Hopkins Hotel SF Masonic Auditorium Stanford Court Hotel Tonga Room Top of the Mark White Swan Inn, San Francisco
Culture	Alliance Française de San Francisco James C. Flood Mansion San Francisco Cable Car Museum
Geography	California Street Huntington Park Polk Street Powell Street
Education	Cathedral School for Boys
Religion	Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
Transportation	Stockton Street Tunnel
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v t e Streets in San Francisco
Numbered streets	Third Street 19th Avenue 22nd Street 49-Mile Scenic Drive
North–south streets	Castro Street Divisadero Street Fillmore Street Folsom Street Grant Avenue Great Highway Hyde Street Junipero Serra Boulevard Kearny Street Mission Street Montgomery Street Octavia Boulevard Park Presidio Boulevard Polk Street Powell Street Skyline Boulevard Rescue Row Stockton Street Stanyan Street Van Ness Avenue Vermont Street
East–west streets	Broadway California Street Cesar Chavez Street Commercial Street Filbert Street Fulton Street Geary Boulevard Haight Street Jackson Street Lincoln Way Lombard Street Union Street
Diagonal streets	Alemany Boulevard The Embarcadero Howard Street Market Street Columbus Avenue New Montgomery Street
Alleyways	Balmy Alley Belden Place Clarion Alley Jack Kerouac Alley Macondray Lane Maiden Lane Ross Alley
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